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    Quote Originally Posted by Nawab View Post
    Some Pedesta?
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    Both shots show the same distortion ie the body is too long.

    I think if the camera is set on wide angle for scenery shots, using the macro mode for closeup would cause the subject to be stretched out laterally ie left & right.
    However, I will need a camera pro to comment on this.

    It is possible both are of the same species.

    In pic post 89 it is definitely a male (abdominal end, FW rounded apex & straight termen)
    P. pandita can be ruled out as the male antenna is tipped orange & have a white spot.
    Male P. pandita.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...00375cb7-2.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...53f557fe-1.jpg
    Female ;FW apex more pointed, termen convex, longer body profile.Antenna without a white dot.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...529b5547-1.jpg


    P. panda is not known to have HW spot.
    It does not look quite right for Ochlodes brahma.


    In a search for something similar, this appear to match Pedesta (Thoressa) masuriensis tali.
    In the taxon tali the FW spots are yellow & the HW range from spotless to a variable number. The antenna is more gradual.
    You may download the pdf, page 199, images 14 (spotless HW) & 15.
    Not sure if this is possible. Zobodat pdf article.
    https://www.google.com/search?q=note...hrome&ie=UTF-8

    Author Hao Huang state that tali is so different that it is probably a different species.
    HOwever it is found farther to the east in Sichuan & Yunnan.


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    Last edited by Psyche; 07-Apr-2021 at 06:05 PM.

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    Thank you, sir. I found a similar variant of Pedesta recently. Comparison with typical Pedesta masuriensis given for reference.
    Typical Pedesta masuriensis.
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    HW spots missing, upper FW spots less compact, and background more brownish, almost like in P. pandita.
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    Could you look at this Neptis as well, sir? It seems like Neptis capnodes pandoces to me.
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    Pedesta masuriensis tali is also elevated to full species as Pedesta tali.

    You can see both here.
    Fig 46 & 47 ( underside) P. masuriensis.

    Fig 48 & 49 (underside) P. tali.
    The underside often have 3 spots here rather diffuse.

    https://zenodo.org/record/3990965#.YHMMQB8zaUk



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    Post 97.

    Agreed. It should be Neptis capnodes.

    4 species are somewhat similar.

    FW submarginal spots gently curved at apex; FW postdiscal spots rounded & well separated.
    HW discal band of nearly uniform width.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720190010.html
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720120010.html


    FW submarginal spots distinctly bent in at apex; FW postdiscal spots may be large & close.

    1. Neptis capnodes
    : HW discal band of nearly uniform width.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720170010.html

    2. Neptis soma ;HW discal band broader at costa.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html


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    Many thanks, sir. Could you check this Rapala as well? I think this is Rapala tara but the tornal spot isn't very much diffused. Maybe R. damona?
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    Post 100.
    Probably female Rapala dieneces.

    4 species are somewhat similar with the postdiscal bands narrow, the HW band partly irregular & in space 1b (where the bluegrey patch is) forms a dome or arch.


    Rapala tara: HW postdiscal band with several dislocation ,notably complete dislocation at vein 2 & 3.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...13/Rapala-tara

    Rapala suffusa. FW band curved bent towards the costa, HW orange crown obsolete, being yellow /ochreous & merging with the ground colour.
    Indian forms have small black spot 2 & the arch/dome flatten.
    Singapore 1 male ,2 females.
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...h_Jonathan.jpg
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/production-...rop_x_152_.jpg
    https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301...126294c2e6.jpg

    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...Rapala-suffusa


    Rapala damona: FW postdiscal band curved in towards costa (variable) Male orange brown, female paler; orange crown not well defined.
    Singapore male & probable female.
    https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4600/...0662737f_c.jpg
    https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-66Xxi-yYP...ash-SunnyC.png

    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!.../Rapala-damona


    Rapala dieneces: FW postdiscal band usually fairly straight. HW orange crown better defined & contrasted from the ground colour; marginal zone often with yellow/orange shadings.
    Singapore male & 3 female.
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nq8JtCdenz...rlet+Flash.jpg
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...20-%20Chng.jpg
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...ash_Nelson.jpg
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...lash_Ellen.JPG

    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...apala-dieneces


    This female have the FW band straight though undulate & the HW orange crown better defined.



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